Help me choose some new speakers

[NiceCupOfTea]

Hi folks,

I'm well out of the world of hifi but I am looking for some new speakers to replace my venerable Mission 731s and move them on to surround duties.

My kit list is an Arcam AVR100 & Arcam CD72, and I'll be using it for sound from TV/DVD/BluRay as well as stereo stuff from CD.

I listen to a mix of rock and classical music, and have always liked the Mission "sound", my brother has a recent pair of 780s that I like very much (not the earlier ones). Back in the day I always fancied a pair of B&W DM601S2s but they seem more expensive now than when they were new 15 years ago!

Budget wise, I don't really want to spend a great deal more than £100, less if I can, quite happy with second hand speakers but not sure where to look other than eBay.

If I could find another pair of the 731s, to be honest that would probably be OK although they are a lot more expensive now than when I bought mine new!

Any suggestions? Saw somebody on here singing the praise of the Tannoy Sixes the other day, so looking for other stuff that I haven't considered...

Thanks in advance.

[heisthegaffer]

What's your budget? You looked at avforums classifieds?

[NiceCupOfTea]

Prefer to stay under £100 but just over would be OK. Not looked over there, wasn't sure what the best places to go were.

Just wondering what else I should be considering.

[TonyRPH]

SuperFi still have Wharfedale 9.1s at £99.95, reduced from £179.95.

I have a pair of these on my surround amp (Pioneer VSX922) and they are excellent.

Also received rave reviews when they first came out.

[probedb]

If you can make sure you demo them at home. Many dealers will let you do this for a swipe of the full amount on your card. Speakers will likely sound quite different in a store than they will in your home.

[NiceCupOfTea]

Those Wharfedales look great, but not in stock sadly

[TonyRPH]

Try Richer Sounds. They have them for the same price.

[NiceCupOfTea]

Those Wharfedales look great, but not in stock sadly

[NiceCupOfTea]

TonyRPH said:

Try Richer Sounds. They have them for the same price.

Do you have a link? Can only find the 9.0s...

[TonyRPH]

NiceCupOfTea said:

TonyRPH said:

Try Richer Sounds. They have them for the same price.

Do you have a link? Can only find the 9.0s...

Richer Sounds do appear to be out of stock.

I found a pair of black ones on Amazon

Superfi on the other hand appear to have stock in London which can be transferred to another of the branches below - but I don't know if any of those are close to you though.

Edited by TonyRPH on Sunday 8th September 08:27

[alock]

You could always add to your 731's with a pair of Mission 73ps passive subwoofers. Makes them sound like larger floor standers. They occasionally come up on eBay.

[Pontoneer]

Also look on Gumtree for secondhand items close to you .

[Pontoneer]

NiceCupOfTea said:

Hi folks,

I'm well out of the world of hifi but I am looking for some new speakers to replace my venerable Mission 731s and move them on to surround duties.

My kit list is an Arcam AVR100 & Arcam CD72, and I'll be using it for sound from TV/DVD/BluRay as well as stereo stuff from CD.

I listen to a mix of rock and classical music, and have always liked the Mission "sound", my brother has a recent pair of 780s that I like very much (not the earlier ones). Back in the day I always fancied a pair of B&W DM601S2s but they seem more expensive now than when they were new 15 years ago!

Budget wise, I don't really want to spend a great deal more than £100, less if I can, quite happy with second hand speakers but not sure where to look other than eBay.

If I could find another pair of the 731s, to be honest that would probably be OK although they are a lot more expensive now than when I bought mine new!

Any suggestions? Saw somebody on here singing the praise of the Tannoy Sixes the other day, so looking for other stuff that I haven't considered...

Thanks in advance.

You'd probably find another pair of Missions a better match to what you have if planning to use them together in a surround system .

However , it was probably me you were referring to about the Tannoy Sixes when I mentioned in my thread about selling on my IMF's .

The pair of 611's I bought cost me £120 and this seems to be about the going rate for them - there are at least two pairs on eBay just now , and I found my pair on Gumtree a couple of weeks back .

[Esseesse]

You'll get some 780's for about £100 or less second hand.

Watch out for some Quad 11L's or better still some Dynaudio Audience 42's as they're both much better than the 780's IMO. I picked up some Audience 42's for £125 last year on Gumtree.